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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-28

LONDON. May 26.-Gladstone has started
for his home at Hawarden to speno "ni''
Sunday.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
HUMOROUS.

If you are just gone on a young
woman, my son, do not color your
mustache, for we have good authority
for the statement that ''true love never
dyes" IN. Y. Graphic.
-"What! singing, Willie? Wasn't
aware you were vocalist" eyes, in
deed; belong to a choir ''That so!
How many in the choir?' "Afull ream,
uncle-note size. N Y. Mail.
Bill Nye's New Poem-I am now
preparing poem entitled: ''The UNI
brella." 1t is dainty little bit OF
verse, and my hired man thinks it is
gem. Icalled it "The Umbrella" Sc
that it would not be returned" 1.-THE
Rambler
First ward dude at recent social
affair." Miss NJ, | have started a
mutual admiration society,"" Miss M
"Ah! When do you invite the other
members?" Then deep, solemn still
ness brooded DER the gathering
Elneir0 Gazette.
DE-. Carver, the well-known rifle
shot, says that an orange hit in the ex-
act center by a rifie-ball will vanish at
once from sight. An orange handed to
small boy will vanish almost as quick
ly, without wasting a rife-ball on it.
NorgiStoaU7a Herald.
The farmers hired man who has
been getting out of bed every morning
at four o'clock to feed the stock will be
mad all over when informed that the
actual experiments prove that horse
can live eleven days and COW nine
without food.-DetfoI Free Press.
-Organist-" As your party marches
down the aisle l will play some i'm
pressive march" Prospective Bride
groom" That's good; but be particu-
lar about the key Organist-" Oh,
certainly! I invariably play wedding
marches in B-fat; two flats seem so APP
pirate. ''-Loo0eU Citizen.
Insurance Agent-''T what amount
do you want your building insured?"
Dutch Granger-"V vosh dot, Ell?
How high am | to insure them? Oh!
veil, so high dot de lightnin' don't
donner him down, und broad enough
to take in der barn, pig-pen and de
whole beezness. IN 7. Independent.
-Peckham (meeting an old friend)
why, Dingley, is this youP / haven't
seen you for ten years. How are you,
anyhow Dingley-"O, I'm just like 1
used to be. By the way, Peckham,
how's your wife? You used to say you
had the boss girl when you were single"
Peekham (sadly)-" She's still boss. y
Life.
"A Mild Rebuke-An Austin teacher
overheard one of the larger boys in the
class whispering to the boy below him
that the teacher was donkey. The
teacher did not get angry at all. He
did not seize the boy by the collar and
draw him over a desk where he could
get at him conveniently. ALI the
teacher did was to remark placidly:
''Harry, shall mark you deficient in
natural history, as you can not distin-
guish me from a donkey" -Teras Sitt-
mas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
Why Green Brought Coal.


81 read in the paper to-day" said
smart little Johnny Green to his teach
er during the progress of the geology
lesson, 'that what appears to be q
great area of pure carbon has been dis
covered. ("
"Ah, indeedf' said the teacher.
THAT is very interesting. I like to
see that my boys are observant. and
read the newspapers. But it is rare in
deed to find deposits of pure carbon.
Was the discovery made in Pennsyl-
vania?"
Farther away than that, sir. Far,
far away"
I'm Oregon, orWashington Territory,
perhaps?n
Further still, sir. 1t makes ones
mind soar"
.'Ah! Then it must be in the Russian
petroleum fields, on the Caspian sea?"
''Much further than that, sir.''
"Where is it, Green?"
"On the planet Neptune. sir"
"Ah, indeed! Well, Green, you may
90 down stairs and bring up ten hods
of coal for the coal-box. With so i'm
portant discovery as that which you
have just announced, it is plain that
the supply of fuel isn't going to give
out for some time to come. Go at once,
sirr'-T YOUTHS Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
A Monkey Hero.

A nobleman had a faYorite monkey,
a large orangoutang, which, you
know, is the largest species of monkey,
except the gorilla. The monkey was
very much attached to his master, and
to the baby boy who was the pet of the
whole family.
One day fire suddenly broke out in
the house, and everybody was running
here and there to put it out, while the
little boy in his nursery was almost for
gotten, and when they thought of him.
the staircase was all in flames. What
could be done?
AS they were looking up and wonder
ing, a large, hairy hand and arm
opened the window, and presently the
monkey appeared with the baby in his
arms, and carefully climbed over the
porch, and brought the child safely to
his nurse. Nobody else could have
done it, for man cannot climb like a
monkey, and is not nearly so strong.
You may imagine how the faithful
creature was praised and petted after
that.
This is true story, and the child
who was saved was the young Marquis
of Kildare. Golden Days.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

The number of letters, postcards,
newspapers, ETC., received at the Re-
turned-Letter Office in London, for the
year ending March 81, 1886, was H.
822,067, or an increase of At per cent.
over the previous year. OF this num-
Der AL, 765 were unreturnable, 1925
contained Enclosures of value, and &c.
928 were posted without any address.
Among the letters bearing no address
were 1920, which contained e3,733 It's
Sd in cash and checks. In the year
ending March 81, 1885, there were
26, 472 letters posted without any
address, 1886 of which contained value
to the amount of e3,898. Among the
contents of parcels received in the Re-
turned Letter-Ofice at Dublin, and
which had been stopped as contrary to
regulations, were two hens, eight mice
and two hedgehogs. One of the hens,
which was addressed to a veterinary
surgeon in London, was in bad health,
and, although carefully attended to, it
died in the office. The remaining hen,
as well as the mice and hedgehogs,
were given up alive to their owners
Chicago Tr1une.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
A Snake-Eating Bird.

There is resident of the bird-house
that would like to see snakes more
often than the friends of the festive
corn or entangling rye. 1t is the saw
bird, a peculiar little creature that was
received recently. With her mate she
was brought from Mexico in charge of
seaman of a New York vessel. The
tar had just been paid off. and when he
was given a few hours liberty started
off on constitutional, leaving the birds
on the dock. One died. A customs
officer took the survivor to the Mexican
Consul, and he gave it to the Philadel-
phia garden. The bird is eccentric in
diet. 1t feeds on lizards and snakes,
but at present is existing on worms
Philadelphia Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
a REQUIEM.


The day is gone, alas the lovely day,
That came among us as a blushing bride,
Led by her lover, the enamored sun,
Whose golden largess fell on every side.
AL nature greeted her with rapturous Joy,
The forest birds broke forth in sweetest song
And dainty buds awalzing from their sleep,
Burst into blossom as she passed along.
And everywhere the children welcomed her.
In country lanes, and in the city's street,
The music Of their laughter kept glad time
To the swift measure OF her flying feet.
The restless sick man, tossing on his couch,
Beheld her and awhile forgot his pain;
Her presence cheered the laborer at his toll,
And brought to wrinkled age its youth again.
And as she, smiling, hurried on her way,
Even sad mothers, weeping DER their dead,
Looked upward to her clear, blue skies and felt
Somehow that sorrowing hearts were com.
forted.
But now, alas! the day herself is dead,
Before us, pallid in the dim twilight
She lies forsa<en by the tickle sun,
And DER her bends the duslIy sexton night,
Covering her slowly with his sable pail,
While the pale, trembling stars look coolly
on,
And natures tears are falling silently
A0r the eweet day that is forever gone.
E T. Wilson, In Current,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia,
bears a striking resemblance to the late
Stephen A. Douglas.

Senator Kenna, of West Virginia,
bears striking resemblance to the late
Stephen A. Douglas.
Roscoe Conkling says: al have
never looked upon the face of the
lawyer whom believe would sell out
his client. IN. 7. Times.
Miss Kate Field has realized a fort
une of 100000 out of telephone stock,
besides large investments in Washing
ton real estate.-C Chicago Journal.
President Arthur's first work for
money was to write the life of tenn
perance lecturer at Lansingburg, N.
Y, named Hamilton. He received
twenty-five dollars for it.-Troy Times
At a Baptist church festival in New
Haven the other evening Mrs. Nancy
Gorham, who was ninety-one years old
that day, sang a song of her childhood
in most agreeable and viyacious man
ner.-Neao Haven Register.
Mr.. S. Fl. Puleston, the millionaire
member of Parliament, who proposes
to purchase $4,000, 1000 worth of Penn
sylyania coal lands, was twenty years
ago a reporter on a small paper at Pitts
ton, Pa.-Pittsburgh Post.
But three of the many hundred
American girls who have cultivated
their musical talents with aview to pro-
fessional success have become widely
known and celebrated Marie Van
Zandt, Emma Nevada and Ella Russell.
Chicago Herald.
Henry NJ. Stanley is remarkable
for broad head, very thick through
the cheek bones. His hair is still dark
and thick, covering the temples. He
is of middle size, weighing about one
hundred and eighty pounds. He looks
like man of about fifty years of age.
N. Y. Tribune.
-Boston's chief literary club is the
one called St. Bodolph. 1t was organ
lied in 1880, with Francis Parkman,
the historian, as president. He served
until one year ago, when he resigned,
and was succeeded by General Francis
Walker. The entrance fee is small, but
it is quite an exclusive institution
Boston Herald.
Congressman Singleton, of Missis-
sippi, chairman of the House Commit
tee on the Library, appointed Miss
Mary Johnston as clerk of his commit
tee. Miss Johnston is the first woman
to receive an appointment to any office
under Congress, and is happy in know
ing that she will be paid at the rate of
six dollars per day Washington
Critic.
Mark Twain said to friend the
other day that he did not like to come
to New York with his wife. "She is
very anxious to have every one think
she dresses like New Yorker" he
said, land yet whenever she buys any
thing in a store in this city the clerk is
sure to ask: what hotel shall l send
this to, ma amp ~. Y. Mail.
In writing to the Banner you
needn't waste paper trying to comply
with the rule about writing only on
one side. That rule was intended for
big dailies, where copy has to be di-
vided among several printers. The
Banner has only one printer, so YOU
can write on all sides and then cross
plow it if you wish.-KilEeen (Ter.)
Banner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS,
A GOOD PLAYMATE.

In lesson time or holiday,
No matter if It's work or play,
There's always one with heart and will
To join with me: It's sister Phil.
Her name is Phyelis, but when we
Were tiny mites Of five and three.
Icalled her Phi" and then somehow
Twas never changed from then till now.
1have no brothers, and it might
Sometimes be dull, but Phil is quite
As good playmate, and as kind
As any brother you could find.
She has a share in all do,
She feeds my pets, plays cricket, too,
And when made my boat Sunshine
She hemmed the sails with stitches fine.
For rainy days she knows store
OF games and tales, and, what is more,
Each night she makes quite clear and plain
The lessons hard that tire my brain.
On holidays often go
To play with other boys know,
But there's playmate better still
Than all of them; It's sister Phil.
Emily Gssntoa, IN Little Folks
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
FUNCTION OF CITIES.
Great municipalities as Representatives of
National Life and characteristics.

OfeaC municipalities as Representatives OF
National Life and Characteristics.
Great cities are essential to the de-
velopment of any important OF infu-
entail national life. They gather into
themselves the resources of the nation,
and so organize its stores of wealth, its
enterprise and the results of its genus
and culture, as to render each efficient
in promoting the common good. They
are the centers of power. Without the
facilities which through them are
afforded for commerce and manufac-
turesr without their aggregations of
capital, their business systems and in
situations, and their fostering care of
art, science and literature, it would
seem impossible that there could be any
civilization or progress.
These great municipalities are the ex-
ponents of the national adrancementin
mineral wealth, in commercial impor-
lance and influence, and in all forms of
intellectual and moral culture. In
times past they have been the agencies
through which civil and intellectual
freedom have been conserved, even If
they may not be credited with having
been the nursery in which liberty was
Graded. They constitute the medium
through which we must study many of
the most important and interesting
phases of history. and are the sources
of all the greatest enterprises of the
world
So thoroughly do cities become rep
resentative of national life and char
acteristics, that it is frequently said
that London is England, Rome is Italy
and Paris is France. In less compre-
hensiye but nevertheless very important
sense it might properly be said that
New York represents America, Boston
stands for New England and Chicago
for the great West. A thorough ac-
quaintance with either of these great
cities is equivalent to knowing well the
people by whom they are surrounded
F. P. Crazclon, IN Popular Science
Monthly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
CLOTH FROM NETTLES.
How the Chinese Employ Grass Fiber fC
Commercial Purposes.

How the Chinese Employ Grass Fiber for
Commercial Purposes.
Grass cloth is likely to have more
extensive market than formerly. 1t is
u Chinese production, specimens of
which come to us generally inthe shape
of handkerchiefs. The material is
fiber, not grass, and species of net
ties. Those nettles are carefully cult
waited in China, where they grow in
great quantities, as they do in India
and CeylOn. In India hitherto no
marked attempt at cultivation has been
made. They are free from the singing
character of the ordinary nettles. In
Ceylon and India, where the plants
grow wild, these nettleS are cut
just about the time of seed
ing and bleached by the assist
ance of the heavy night dews
and the hot midday suns, and the fbers
gathered together and spun into ropes
of thin Irvine, from which coarse mitting
is made. This primitive way of treat
ing the nettles is not allowed in China,
and, indeed, the employment OF the
fibre silk for commercial purposes seems
to be a Chinese secret.
Not only is the texture of the cloth
manufactured from this fibre very
beautiful is principally remarkable
for its splendid gloss and peculiar
transparency-but it is extremely
strong and durable. Betting for ma
chinery has already been made with the
China grass fibre, and on being testedit
was found that it could bear strain of
1926 to the square inch, whereas
leather could only sustain pressure of
4.249 pounds to the square inch. So soon
as manufacturers and cOstumIerS have
had a sufficient time for experimenting,
we may expect to see grass cloth very
generally used.-BOstOa Budget.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
Mai, the wife OF Chin Sbun. was

Mai, the wife OF Chin Shun, was the
first Chinese woman to die in New York
City. The body in the coffin was en-
shrouded in a black and red blouse and
dress. On the feet were apair of shoes
of peculiar workmanship and profusely
decorated with ribbons of gay colors.
Another pair was placed in the coffin,
as were also two black suits of clothes.
On her wrists her husband placed four
large rings. One pair was of ivory and
the other of gold. Pearls and trinkets
in a small case were also placed in the
cofin.-M 7. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

Among the novel sights along the
Union Pacific in Wyoming is that of
great herds of antelope. One band,
which has been about Rock Springs the
past ten days, is supposed to number
over 10000. A party went out from
that town one day and returned in two
hours with seventeen, which were all
they wanted, but they could have killed
many more. Another party went from
Bryan and bagged thirty-six before
they got tired of the sport, and were
glutted with meat Chicago Mail.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

de good Lord. An 1 does from my
heart, an I'll be somebody yet, an then
TIL help all the po' little uns in the wide
world. "-E. E. B., IN N. T. Examiner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

Boston citizens get most of their
milk from Franklin County-nearly
three thousand quarts daily. 1t is sold
for trife less than three cents quart.
Boston Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

Senator Vest is the twentieth men,
Der Of the upper house of Congress to
purchase a home in Washington. 1t
cost him SIG, 000,- Washington Star.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
Monthly

What is said to be a fact not gem
orally known is that bees collect from
only one description of tree Or plant at
time.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
The geuusha Telegraplt.

KENOSHA. WISCONSIN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-10

4 Lake K. e. w. :. 22y2
Z Lake Shore ). 97ss
louisville L. N. 6675
Lou. e. n. A.. 62I2
2 Mem. d st. G.. -. 59Ia
3 Michigan Cen. :. 90
Min. d st. l.. 80. 1874
b do pref'd.. Al
3 Missouri Pac. .109ss
Mobile L. Ohio. 14I2
Morris d E.oF'd.139
Z Nash. & Chat. S4la
Z New Jersey Cen. S1E
Z Nor. & w. p'fd. 81
Northern Pac. :. 31ss
do prefd..... 60Is
lChi. & N. w ..123ss
81 do pref'd xd. 149
IN. Y. Central. .1127b
b Ohio & Miss. %. 29ss
g. do prefd..... s5
slOnt. q West. 18%
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-10
New York Produce.

New YORK. June -Flour-Recelpts,
1881 packages; exports, 1902 bbls and
1851 sacks; sales, lS,4O0 bbls; market
about steady; common to choice white
wheat, Western extra, 81 .60@4. So: fancy do,
81. SGGl5. 10: common to good, extra Ohio,
$4,000. 10; common TO choice, extra ST.
Louis, 81, 1901 10. Wheat-Receipts, 99,9oO
bu; exports, a 1874 bu; sales, 5,20S,0 900 bu
futures and 292 ,000b u spot: spot lots al@1c
lower and moderately active; options opened
easy and declined ss@ 1ssc, later ruled
stronger and rallied lie ON June but only
triile on Others closing heavy; speculation
moderate; No. l hard, 97l2c; ungraded red,
93s4@99c; No. 3 red, 95l2@95s4c: No.
red, 91A@9SIsc elevator 9SAc delivered,
915Sc I. o. b.: No. l red, 81; No. L white,
9o@96c; No. . red, June, 91@9Sc, closing
at 9124c; July, 95@-95ssc, closing at 9oc;
August, 90 3-16@92l2c, closing at 924c;
September, 917S@92Ac, closing at disc;
October 92ss@92S4c, closing at 92l2c; No
vember, 93ls0 93slc. closing at 93l2c; De-
cembcr, 94lS@947sc, closing at 94l2c; January
954@95l2c, closing at 95lsc; February, 9GlA
@96l2c, closing at 96ssc: March, 97A@91i2c,
closing at 97Ssc; April. 9S4@9S12c, clos
ing at 9Sssc: Nav, 99Ssc@$1 closing at 99l2c.
Corn-Receipts 81, 400 blu, exports none;
sales 1868 900 Blu futures and 1914, 600 bu
spot; spot lots a shade higher, trading mod
crate. options less active; ungraded, 4ll2
@4Sl2c; damaged 3Sc store; steamer, 4Ic ele-
vator; No.2, 4Sc elevator, 41ssc store, 4oI2c
afioat: No. . June. 47ss@47I2c. closing at
x a.
4S7s@49c, closing at 49c; September, 1890.
Oats-Rceipts, TS,S00 bu; exports, none;
sales, 245, 900 bu futures and $4,000 bu
spot; market trife better; mixed Western.
35@37c; white Western, 39@42c. Hay
steady and fair demand. Hops quiet and
unchanged. Coffee-Spot Rio, quiet 22lac;
options lower and fairly active; sales. 1885,
$50 bags; June, $50. 1O@ 20. %; July, 5000
@2O.70; August, S2O.45@2 .05; September,
S2O.65@21. 50: October, $40. 75@2I. so; No
vember, S20.65@21.60 December, S2O.S0
@2l.60; January. .00@21.4O; Feb
ruary, S21.35: March, 21.13Go21.5O:
April, S20.95@21.45; May, S20.95@21.25:
Sugar quiet and unchanged; rehned firm and
in fair demand; standard "A 5$sc; con-
fectioners' "A" 5 11-I6c; granulated
5 1876. Molasses firm; Rice in fair de,
mand and steady. Petroleum firm; United
63lsc. Tallow quiet and steady. Rosin
steady. Turpentine dull, 3514@35l2c. Eggs
steady and in fair request. Receipts, 4,O13
packages; Western, fresh, l6k@aI6i2c. Pork
dull and nominal: sales, go bbls mess. Cut
meats steady; picked bellies, 7l2c. Middles
dull and nominal. Lard opened 3G14 points
lower, later reached 1922 points, closing
firm; trade Moderate: Western steam, spot
quoted, So 95; June, So 93; August, 81 Ola
7.02: September, 81. 12@7.20; october, ST.
OPT; city steam. S6.65. Butter steady and
demand fair for choice grades; Western,
10@17l2c. Cheese dull and easier. Copper
dull: Lake 50. 95. Lead steady. Tin quiet
Other articles unchanged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-10
Until 3 O'Clock p. m.
ON THE
23d Day Of June, 1887.

All proposals or bids to be addressed
to M. F. Kahn, Secretary of the City
Hall and Court House Special Commits
siOners, st. Paul, MINI.
The right is hereby reserved to reject
all bids OF incompetent and irresponsible
bidders, and all such bids as may be UNI
reasonable.
No bid will be entertained or consid-
cred unless accompanied by the bond of
the bidder or bidders, with Sureties re-
siding i'll Minnesota satisfactory to the
Commissioners, in the penal sum of One
Thousand Dollars, conditioned that if
the bid shall be accepted and the con-
tract awarded to the bidder or bidders.
he or they will enter into and execute
such contract and such bond with.sure-
ties for the performance of his or their
contract, as may be required by the
Commissioners, and approved by three
fourths %, vote of the County Commits
siOners and Common Council of the CITY
of St. Paul, of the members elect, in
joint session, or in lieu of such bond the
bid may be accompanied by check
for the sum of one thousadd dollars on
some bank in the city of st. Paul, duly
certified, as security. and deposit with
said Commissioners, and subject to the
same condition stated in the condition
of the bond, and payable to the order of
Robert A. Smith, Chairman of the City
Hall and Court House Commission.
The full individual names of the men,
bers of a firm, and the full and correct
name ola corporation bidding shall be
stated in the bid.
By order of the City Hall and Court
House Special Commission.
M. F. KAHN, County Auditor.
Secretary Of Special Commission.
145-172